Biomedical Engineering Research News

Biomedical Engineering Research News

Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his team are using the Optomec LENS 3D hybrid printer in the NEAT Labs to develop a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable magnesium surgical implants.
September 12, 2018 - Using a controlled-atmosphere system in a 3D hybrid printer, Michael Sealy and his team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable metal implants that can reduce risks and costs for surgical patients.  Full Story

Growing human embryonic stem cells in hydrogel tubes protects them from moving media and promotes health and higher yields.
September 10, 2018 - Researchers know that growing stem cells takes a long time and creates expensive treatments. Nebraska Engineering's Yuguo Lei advises providing a cell culture setting that mimics the natural stem-cell niche as closely as possible to minimize cell stress.  Full Story

Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is featured in the Faculty 101 podcast.
August 10, 2018 - Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is featured in the latest Faculty 101 podcast. Farritor discusses designing robots that can perform surgery and shares advice on how to succeed in college and how to raise creative kids.  Full Story

The paper, "Three-dimensional tissues using human pluripotent stem cell spheroids as biofabrication building blocks," written by Nebraska chemical engineers Haishuang Lin, Qiang Li and Yuguo Lei is featured in the Highlights 2017 collection in the journal Biofabrication.
January 26, 2018 - A paper co-authored by three researchers from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has been chosen to be featured in the Highlights 2017 collection in the prestigious journal Biofabrication.  Full Story

Virtual Incision -- a company co-founded by Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering -- has raised $18 million in investments for its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device.
December 13, 2017 - Virtual Incision -- a company co-founded by Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering -- has raised $18 million in investments for its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device.  Full Story

Yuguo Lei
November 16, 2017 - The Emerging Innovator of the Year award went to Yuguo Lei, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, for invention of novel devices for cell manufacturing that can be used for personalized medicine.  Full Story

Inside this capsule/robot, a camera captures images of the colon (Photo from Office of Research and Economic Development)
November 08, 2017 - A team that includes Nebraska mechanical engineering researchers -- Benjamin Terry, Carl Nelson and Hossein Deghani -- have developed a "soft" robot that could make colonoscopy procedures less invasive, less uncomfortable and less expensive.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has earned a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
October 05, 2017 - Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has received a 2017 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award and is the first University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher to earn this honor.  Full Story

Greg Bashford
September 02, 2016 - Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is a special type of ultrasound developed to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF) and subsequently shown to be valuable in an increasingly larger number of clinical applications.  Full Story

Omaha Couple Tom Grady and Lindsay Grady
November 09, 2015 - An Omaha couple is turning tragedy into triumph after losing their son to a rare form of meningitis earlier this summer. The family is now working with local doctors to find a way to help save other babies' lives. View the archived KETV-7 story.  Full Story